Yagouba Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yagouba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yagouba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1871:111,06512,922
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yagouba (2,819) may also be a first name.

Yagouba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yagouba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yagouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yagouba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,163,787th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Yagouba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yagouba reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 137,278th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 2,819 people.

Yagouba is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 86 percent reside, West Region, where 7 percent reside and Far North Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Yagouba is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yagouba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yagouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏyqwb-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yagouba
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